MathType Keyborad Shortcuts

Alignment
Insert Tab (Ctrl+Tab)
Nudge Down (Ctrl+Down)
Nudge Left (Ctrl+Left)
Nudge Right (Ctrl+Right)
Nudge Up (Ctrl+Up)
Rotate Fence Alignment (Ctrl+Shift+A)
One Shot Font
Greek-Symbol One-Shot (Ctrl+G)
User 1 One-Shot (Ctrl+U)
User 2 One-Shot (Ctrl+Alt+U)
Vector-Matrix One-Shot (Ctrl+B)
Cursor
Beginning of Slot (Home)
Delete Left (Backspace)
Delete Right (Delete)
End of Slot (End)
Move Down Extend Selection (Shift+Down)
Move Left Extend Selection (Shift+Left)
Move Right Extend Selection (Shift+Right)
Move Up Extend Selection (Shift+Up)
Next Slot (Tab)
Previous Slot (Shift+Tab)
Skip Left (Ctrl+Shift+Left)
Skip Right (Ctrl+Shift+Right)
Select Slot (Ctrl+Shift+S)
Super/sub script
Superscript (Ctrl+H)
Subscript (Ctrl+L)
Superscript and subscript (Ctrl+J)
Over-script (Ctrl+T,Shift+L)
Under-script (limit) (Ctrl+T,Alt+L)

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Fractions
Full-size fraction (Ctrl+F)
Reduced-size fraction (Ctrl+T,Shift+F)
Full-size diagonal fraction (Ctrl+/)
Reduced-size diagonal fraction (Ctrl+T,?)
Slash fraction (Ctrl+T,Alt+/)
Square root (Ctrl+R)
nth root (Ctrl+T,N)
Long division (Ctrl+T,D)
Long division with quotient (Ctrl+T,Shift+D)
Greek lower case
Greek small letters (Ctrl+G,*) *=equiv keyboard char
Brackets
Parentheses, or round brackets (Ctrl+9)
Brackets, or square brackets (Ctrl+[)
Braces, or curly brackets (Ctrl+{)
Left curly bracket (Ctrl+T,{ )
Single vertical bars (Ctrl+T,|)
Summation
Summation with no limits (Ctrl+T,Shift+S)
Summation - underscript limit (Ctrl+T,Alt+S)
Summation - underscript and overscript (Ctrl+T,S)
Fonts
Math (Ctrl++)
Text (Ctrl+Shift+E)
Greek-Symbol (Ctrl+Shift+G)
Comparison
Less-than or equal to (Ctrl+K,,)
Greater-than or equal to (Ctrl+K,.)
Tilde operator (Ctrl+K,Alt+~)
Almost equal to (Ctrl+K,~)
Not equal to (Ctrl+K,+)
Identical to (Ctrl+K,=)
Logical
Therefore (Ctrl+Shift+K,T)
Because or since (Ctrl+Shift+K,B)
There exists (Ctrl+Shift+K,E)
For all from (Ctrl+Shift+K,A)
Not sign (Ctrl+Shift+K,N)
Logical and (Ctrl+Shift+K,7)
Logical or (Ctrl+Shift+K,\)
Spaces
Alignment mark (Ctrl+;)
Zero space (Shift+Space)
1-point space (Ctrl+Alt+Space)
Thin space (1/6 EM) (Ctrl+Space)
Thick space (1/3 EM) (Ctrl+Shift+Space)
EM space (Ctrl+K,4)

Symbols
Plus-minus sign (Ctrl+Shift+K,=)
Minus-plus sign (Ctrl+Shift+K,+)
Multiplication sign (Ctrl+K,T)
Asterisk operator (Ctrl+Shift+K,*)
Division sign (Ctrl+Shift+K,/)
Dot operator (Ctrl+Shift+K,.)
Rightwards arrow (Ctrl+K,Right)
Miscellaneous
Tilde (Ctrl+^,~)
Hat (Ctrl+^,6)
Arc (Ctrl+^,9)
Over-bar (Ctrl+^,-)
Under-bar (Ctrl+^,_)
Right arrow over-bar (Ctrl+^,Right)
Integration
Indefinite integral (no limits) (Ctrl+Shift+I,!)
Definite integral with overscript and underscript limits (Ctrl+Shift+I,S)
Definite integral with superscript and subscript limits (Ctrl+I)
Indefinite integral (no limits) (Ctrl+Shift+I,!)
Integral with underscript limit (Ctrl+Shift+I,Alt+S)
Integral with subscript limit (Ctrl+Shift+I,Alt+1)

MathType Keyborad Shortcuts

Fonts
Math (Ctrl++)
Text (Ctrl+Shift+E)
Function (Ctrl+Shift+F)
Variable (Ctrl+Shift+V)
Greek-Symbol (Ctrl+Shift+G)
Vector-Matrix (Ctrl+Shift+B)
User 1 (Ctrl+Shift+U)
User 2 (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U)
More Symbols
Medium dot operator (free radical)
Left-pointing angle bracket (Ctrl+Shift+K,<)
Right-pointing angle bracket (Ctrl+Shift+K,>)
Left white square bracket (Ctrl+Shift+K,[)
Right white square bracket (Ctrl+Shift+K,])

Arrows
Left right arrow (Ctrl+K,Alt+Left)
Rightwards arrow (Ctrl+K,Right)
Leftwards arrow (Ctrl+K,Left)
Up down arrow (Ctrl+K,Alt+Up)
Upwards arrow (Ctrl+K,Up)
Downwards arrow (Ctrl+K,Down)
Left right double arrow (Ctrl+K,Alt+Shift+Left)
Rightwards double arrow (Ctrl+K,Shift+Right)
Leftwards double arrow (Ctrl+K,Shift+Left)
Up down double arrow (Ctrl+K,Alt+Shift+Up)
Upwards double arrow (Ctrl+K,Shift+Up)
Downwards double arrow (Ctrl+K,Shift+Down)
Rightwards arrow from bar (Ctrl+K,Tab)
Greek lower case
Greek small letter alpha (Ctrl+G,A)
Greek small letter beta (Ctrl+G,B)
Greek small letter chi (Ctrl+G,C)
Greek small letter delta (Ctrl+G,D)
Greek small letter epsilon (Ctrl+G,E)
Greek small letter phi (Ctrl+G,F)
Greek phi symbol (Ctrl+G,J)
Greek small letter gamma (Ctrl+G,G)
Greek small letter eta (Ctrl+G,H)
Greek small letter iota (Ctrl+G,I)
Greek small letter kappa (Ctrl+G,K)
Greek small letter lamda (Ctrl+G,L)
Greek small letter mu (Ctrl+G,M)
Greek small letter nu (Ctrl+G,N)
Greek small letter omicron (Ctrl+G,O)
Greek small letter pi (Ctrl+G,P)
Greek pi symbol (Ctrl+G,V)
Greek small letter theta (Ctrl+G,Q)
Greek theta symbol (Ctrl+G,Shift+J)
Greek small letter rho (Ctrl+G,R)
Greek small letter sigma (Ctrl+G,S)
Greek small letter final sigma (Ctrl+G,Shift+V)
Greek small letter tau (Ctrl+G,T)
Greek small letter upsilon (Ctrl+G,U)
Greek small letter omega (Ctrl+G,W)
Greek small letter xi (Ctrl+G,X)
Greek small letter psi (Ctrl+G,Y)
Greek small letter zeta (Ctrl+G,Z)

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Super/sub script
Superscript (Ctrl+H)
Subscript (Ctrl+L)
Superscript and subscript (Ctrl+J)
Over-script (Ctrl+T,Shift+L)
Under-script (limit) (Ctrl+T,Alt+L)
Over-script and under-script (Ctrl+T,L)
Large operator with over-script limit (Ctrl+T,Shift+O)
Large operator with under-script limit (Ctrl+T,Alt+O)
Large operator with over-script and under-script
limits (Ctrl+T,O)

MathType Keyborad Shortcuts

Greek upper case
Greek capital letter Alpha (Ctrl+G,Shift+A)
Greek capital letter Beta (Ctrl+G,Shift+B)
Greek capital letter Chi (Ctrl+G,Shift+C)
Greek capital letter Delta (Ctrl+G,Shift+D)
Greek capital letter Epsilon (Ctrl+G,Shift+E)
Greek capital letter Phi (Ctrl+G,Shift+F)
Greek capital letter Gamma (Ctrl+G,Shift+G)
Greek capital letter Eta (Ctrl+G,Shift+H)
Greek capital letter Iota (Ctrl+G,Shift+I)
Greek capital letter Kappa (Ctrl+G,Shift+K)
Greek capital letter Lamda (Ctrl+G,Shift+L)
Greek capital letter Mu (Ctrl+G,Shift+M)
Greek capital letter Nu (Ctrl+G,Shift+N)
Greek capital letter Omicron (Ctrl+G,Shift+O)
Greek capital letter Pi (Ctrl+G,Shift+P)
Greek capital letter Theta (Ctrl+G,Shift+Q)
Greek capital letter Rho (Ctrl+G,Shift+R)
Greek capital letter Sigma (Ctrl+G,Shift+S)
Greek capital letter Tau (Ctrl+G,Shift+T)
Greek upsilon with hook symbol
Greek capital letter Omega (Ctrl+G,Shift+W)
Greek capital letter Xi (Ctrl+G,Shift+X)
Greek capital letter Psi (Ctrl+G,Shift+Y)
Greek capital letter Zeta (Ctrl+G,Shift+Z)
Miscellaneous
Tilde (Ctrl+^,~)
Hat (Ctrl+^,6)
Arc (Ctrl+^,9)
Over-bar (Ctrl+^,-)
Double over-bar (Ctrl+^,D)
Under-bar (Ctrl+^,_)
Double under-bar (Ctrl+^,Shift+D)
Right arrow over-bar (Ctrl+^,Right)
Left arrow over-bar (Ctrl+^,Left)
Right harpoon over-bar (Ctrl+^,Alt+Right)
Double-headed arrow over-bar (Ctrl+^,Up)
Right arrow under-bar (Ctrl+^,Shift+Right)
Left arrow under-bar (Ctrl+^,Shift+Left)
Right harpoon under-bar (Ctrl+^,Alt+Shift+Right)
Double-headed arrow under-bar (Ctrl+^,Shift+Up)
Mid-line strike-through (Ctrl+^,Alt+-)
Strike-through (Ctrl+^,X)
Strike-through (bottom-left to upper-right) (Ctrl+^,/)
Strike-through (top-left to bottom-right) (Ctrl+^,\)
Matrices
1 row, 2 column matrix
2 row, 1 column matrix
2 row, 2 column matrix (Ctrl+M,2)
1 row, 3 column matrix
3 row, 1 column matrix
3 row, 3 column matrix (Ctrl+M,3)
1 row, 4 column matrix
4 row, 1 column matrix
4 row, 4 column matrix (Ctrl+M,4)
Variable-size row matrix
Variable-size column matrix
Variable-size matrix or table (Ctrl+M,N)

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MathType Keyborad Shortcuts

Various
Prime (Ctrl+Alt+')
Double prime (Ctrl+")
Triple prime (Ctrl+6,Alt+')
Back prime (Ctrl+6,`)
Not (Ctrl+6,N)
Strike-through (Ctrl+6,Alt+-)
Cross-out (Ctrl+6,X)
Slash (up) (Ctrl+6,/)
Slash (down) (Ctrl+6,\)
Single dot (Ctrl+Alt+.)
Double dot (Ctrl+6,2)
Triple dot (Ctrl+6,3)
Quad dot (Ctrl+6,4)
Under single dot (Ctrl+6,!)
Under double dot (Ctrl+6,@)
Under triple dot (Ctrl+6,#)
Under quad dot (Ctrl+6,$)
Over-bar (Ctrl+_)
Tilde (Ctrl+`)
Arc (frown) (Ctrl+6,9)
Arc (smile) (Ctrl+6,0)
Hat (Ctrl+6,6)
Under bar (Ctrl+6,_)
Under tilde
Under arc (frown) (Ctrl+6,()
Under arc (smile) (Ctrl+6,))
Right arrow (Ctrl+Alt+-)
Left arrow (Ctrl+6,Left)
Double-headed arrow (Ctrl+6,Up)
Right harpoon (Ctrl+6,Alt+Right)
Left harpoon (Ctrl+6,Alt+Left)
Under right arrow (Ctrl+6,Shift+Right)
Under left arrow (Ctrl+6,Shift+Left)
Under double-headed arrow (Ctrl+6,Shift+Up)
Under right harpoon (Ctrl+6,Alt+Shift+Right)
Under left harpoon (Ctrl+6,Alt+Shift+Left)

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